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“Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs” - Dr Claire Lewicki, Days of Thunder

It’s not a bad way to get into a team with a decent operation.
History shows, for the right person, the sky could be the limit.

Funny that many of the Super2 squads are either staffed with volunteers or per-diem gypsies, yet that doesn’t raise comment.

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“Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs” - Dr Claire Lewicki, Days of Thunder

Funny, I did an apprenticeship of sorts under one of Australia's greatest ever race mechanics, on a volunteer basis, with a legendary Australian car driven then by the brother of the newest Supercar team owner!

The privilege was all mine, working with motorsport royalty, when the most famous names would come up to chat because of who was teaching me stuff!

Funny, I did an apprenticeship of sorts under one of Australia's greatest ever race mechanics, on a volunteer basis, with a legendary Australian car driven then by the brother of the newest Supercar team owner!

The privilege was all mine, working with motorsport royalty, when the most famous names would come up to chat because of who was teaching me stuff!

Was a fair while ago now but I was very lucky and would do it again.

And that’s really the point... if you have the drive, the application, the capacity and ability to learn, putting yourself in the right plave at the right time can take you just about anywhere.

Worrying that its not an 80-thousand dollar job with company car & expense account misses the whole point...

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“Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs” - Dr Claire Lewicki, Days of Thunder

Not entirely confined to sport, other industries call it an internship, my daughter did one in the music industry overseas, ended up starting her own promotional company looking after some very well known names. It's a great way to get into an industry you're interested in, sure there is no pay, but if you're keen and it shows, it opens all sorts of doors and connects you with a lot of movers and shakers (if you show promise).

I think it is a cheap way to get labour myself. My son who did this for a sports car team that was not in it professionally was paid because the owner did not think it was fair for him to spend hours travelling and working at the track for nothing and the owner availing himself of the skills that my son brought with him.

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“Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs” - Dr Claire Lewicki, Days of Thunder